“…Un million de P.G. libérés rentrent au printemps 1945 dans leur foyer. …”

“…En surmontant la contradiction centrale de la philosophie occidentale, il tente de libérer l’horizon de la philosophie pratique. L’opposition entre la compréhension scientiste de l’idée de validité intersubjective d’un côté, et l’irrationalisme qui fait ultimement dépendre les normes pratiques d’une décision subjective arbitraire de l’individu isolé, de l’autre, est dépassée par l’analyse des présupposés de la communication…”

“…By discussing the vocabulary, by understanding the rhetoric and interpreting the narratives, be it of crisis, austerity, growth, welfare, neo-liberalism or socialism, new modes of imaging the economic system may be made possible. …”

“…Special emphasis is given to the potential costs of liberalization and the manner that concerns about these costs may inhibit countries‘ willingness to open markets and thereby limit the potential gains from trade. …”

“…This promise furthermore links to the wider project of critique, which, in Max Horkheimer's definition of the term, aims at change and emancipation in order 'to liberate human beings from the circumstances that enslave them'. …”

“…Ultimately, Sawyer highlights how business corporations, such as Chevron, claim to be morally superior agents while producing violent material consequences for communities and environments, and how these contradictions are exemplary of liberal democracy."--…”

“…But, that doesn't mean you become a dominator, nor does coddling others work.The best leader you've ever had in your life was a liberator-someone willing to fight for your highest good, even at a personal cost. …”

“…"Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the end of the Nazi regime through the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s. Andrea Rottmann explores how certain spaces--including homes, bars, streets, parks, and prisons--facilitated and restricted queer lives in the overwhelmingly conservative climate that characterized both German postwar states. …”

“…Modern power systems are affected by many sources of uncertainty, driven by the spread of renewable generation, by the development of liberalized energy market systems and by the intrinsic random behavior of the final energy customers. …”

“…Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess illustrates the limitations of liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels. …”

“…Part I analyses wealth and politics from the perspective of various political traditions, such as liberalism, republicanism, anarchism, and Marxism. Part II addresses the economic sphere, and looks at the political influence of corporations, philanthropists and commons-based organizations. …”

“…Drawing on a range of global case studies, Market Distortions in Privatisation Processes illustrates the ways in which market distortions damaged the ability of privatisation processes to yield concrete benefits to consumers.The book compares and contrasts privatisations of state-owned enterprises around the world where competition informed the regulatory design and thus liberated consumer welfare. In particular, the cases are drawn from the electricity and gas sector, the telecoms industry, and postal services - each of which has been frequently privatised in different context. …”

“…Al separarse las tendencias opuestas de libertad y autoconservación, que dicho concepto trataba de unificar, surgen dos posiciones políticas antagónicas que tratan de imponerse: la izquierda y la derecha, los liberals & conservatives. Mientras los primeros representan la emancipación del individuo –el denominado por Freud principio del deseo- los segundos luchan por la seguridad, por el mantenimiento de las condiciones de conservación –el principio de realidad freudiano. …”

“…Weber, Ringer reminds us, believed in democracy, liberalism, and fundamental human rights; his ethic of responsibility remains as vital to our historical moment as it was to his own…”

“…"Kant and the Limits of Autonomy" is both a rigorous, philosophically and historically informed study of Kantian autonomy and an extended meditation on the foundation and limits of modern liberalism…”

“…What role has a sagging economy played in pushing the US into foreign adventurism and what difference does it make that neo-conservatives rather than neo-liberals are now in power? What exactly is the relationship between US militarism abroad and domestic politics? …”
Sumario

“…In Egypt, the wars led to the rise of Mehmed Ali and the emergence of a powerful state; in North America, the period transformed and enlarged the newly established United States; and in South America, the Spanish colonial empire witnessed the start of national-liberation movements that ultimately ended imperial control."…”

“…Le titre même de « Synonyma » n’est peut-être pas le seul : on trouve aussi le titre « Liber soliloquiorum », qui semble lui aussi isidorien. …”

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